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BLUE LABEL
INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Notice is hereby given to Blue Label shareholders recorded in the Company’s securities register on Friday, 24 November 2017,
that the tenth Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Blue Label Telecoms Limited will be held in the boardroom, Blue
Label corporate offices, 75 Grayston Drive, Sandton, on Monday, 22 January 2018 at 10:00 (South African time) (AGM), to
conduct such business as may lawfully be dealt with at the AGM and to consider and, if deemed fit, pass, with or without
modification, the ordinary and special resolutions set out hereunder in the manner required by the Companies Act 71 of
2008 (Act or Companies Act), as read with the Listings Requirements.
In terms of section 63(1) of the Act, meeting participants (including proxies) will be required to provide reasonably satisfactory
identification before being entitled to participate in or vote at the AGM. Acceptable forms of identification include original
and valid identity documents, driving licences and passports.
RECORD DATES, PROXIES AND VOTING
In terms of sections 59(1)(a) and (b) of the Act, the Board of the Company has set the record date for the purpose of
determining which shareholders are entitled to:
t
receive notice of the AGM (being the date on which a shareholder must be registered in the Company’s shareholders’
register in order to receive notice of the AGM) as Friday, 24 November 2017; and
t
participate in and vote at the AGM (being the date on which a shareholder must be registered in the Company’s
shareholders’ register in order to participate in and vote at the AGM) as Friday, 12 January 2018.
Certificated shareholders or own-name dematerialised shareholders may attend and vote at the AGM, or alternatively
appoint a proxy to attend, speak and, in respect of the applicable resolution(s), vote in their stead by completing the attached
form of proxy and returning it to the transfer secretaries at the address given in the form of proxy by no later than 09:00 on
Thursday, 18 January 2018.
Shareholders who have dematerialised their shares, other than those shareholders who have dematerialised their shares with
own-name registration, should contact their CSDP or broker in the manner and within the time stipulated in the agreement
entered into between them and their CSDP or broker: to furnish their voting instructions; or in the event that they wish to
attend the AGM, to obtain the necessary letter of representation to do so.
On a show of hands, every shareholder present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote shall have only one
vote irrespective of the number of shares such shareholder holds. On a poll, every shareholder, present in person or
represented by proxy and entitled to vote, shall be entitled to that proportion of the total votes in the Company which the
aggregate amount of the nominal value of the shares held by such shareholder bears to the aggregate amount of the
nominal value of all shares issued by the Company.
Certificated shareholders or own-name dematerialised shareholders who are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM are
entitled to appoint a proxy to attend, participate in and vote at the AGM in their stead. A proxy need not also be a
shareholder of the Company. The completion of a form of proxy will not preclude a shareholder from attending the AGM.
ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION
The Company will provide for electronic participation in the AGM, as set out in section 63 of the Act. Please refer to the
notes on page 210 at the end of this notice.
When reading the resolutions below, please refer to the explanatory notes on pages 208 and 209.
PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
The audited Group and Company annual financial statements, including the external auditors’, Audit, Risk and Compliance
Committee’s and Directors’ reports for the year ended 31 May 2017, have been distributed as required and will be presented
to shareholders at the AGM.
The complete set of audited Group and Company annual financial statements, together with the above mentioned reports,
are set out on pages 87 to 197 of the integrated annual report. The Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee’s report is set out
on pages 67 to 70 of the integrated annual report.
Notice
of annual general meeting